by Damien | Aug 14, 2009 | Flash, Location
1/1000th second at f/4 using ISO 200 was an unusual exposure for me. I would normally be at 1/200th second as that is the flash sync speed of my 5Dmk2. The wonderful look that f/4 gives this shot would have usually been a boring f/9. There is 25m from the camera to...
by Damien | Aug 13, 2009 | Flash, Location
Here is the first of my photographs taken using the new Pocket Wizard TTL radio system. It is one of 4 shots I took on Tuesday’s creative day that used the new PW system. The rig and details… Here is the scene shot by a friend on the new Olympus Pen camera...
by Damien | Aug 12, 2009 | Flash, Location
On Monday, I gave a 1:1 shooting workshop and here are a few of the pictures I shot during the session and the lighting set up for each one. These are a small selection of the techniques I shared with my pro shooting delegate on Monday. Please feel free to comment on...
by Damien | Aug 10, 2009 | Flash, Location, News
Hi all, We have received our first batch of the Pocket Wizard Mini TT1s and Flex TT5s for Canon. I have been testing a set (1x mini TT1 and 2x flexTT5) for about 4 hours now. I am pleased to say that they have passed all my tests so far and the units are now available...
by Damien | Aug 7, 2009 | Flash, Location
All the worries are over. We have been using and shooting with the new PW mini and flex units now for some time and they are brilliant and work well at up to 35M with all the Speedlights I can lay my hands on. We have not had one return from the hundreds of units we...
by Damien | Aug 6, 2009 | Flash, Location
On a serious note there was a great deal of head scratching being done when I was arranging these shoots. I had to consider US employment law, public liability insurance cover, US tax, UK tax, and VAT. We decided to take the common sense approach to all these things....
